The business case for effective management of corporate health programs has never been clearer. The Mission of the 4th Annual Employer Health & Human Capital Congress over the last four years has been to help our executive delegation of large employers maximize bottom-line corporate performance, improve overall employee health and productivity and achieve cost containment targets. Topics addressed by the EHHC Congress will encourage our executive delegation to make strategic and specific actions to improve the management of employee benefits, health & wellness programs and the delivery of effective economic incentives for better employee health.

Early Topics and Trends Researched for the 2009 Program Include:

• The Impact of Next Generation Value-Based Benefits Design on Costs and Outcomes
• Proven Employee Engagement, Communication Strategies and Behavior Modification Programs
• Best Practices in Developing Successful Smoking Cessation and Weight/Obesity Management Programs
• Rewarding Healthy Behavior and Control Utilization with Effective Economic Incentives
• The Latest and Greatest from Consumer-Directed Healthcare Programs
• Disruptive Innovation: Updates on What Retail Health Clinics, HSAs, Medical Tourism Mean to the Employer Community
• Reigning in Costs and Improving Outcomes with Specialty Pharmacy Benefit Management
• ROI of Onsite Medical Facilities and Development of Mobile Facilities for Remote Sites
• Retiree Health Benefits Strategies and HSAs for Medicare Beneficiaries
• Medical Home Initiatives

Presenters over the last three years included:
Catherine M. Baase, MD Global Director of Health Services The Dow Chemical Company	Gary S. Becker, PhD Professor, Dept of Economics & Sociology; Professor, Graduate School of Business, Univ of Chicago; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution Stanford University & Recipient of the 1992 Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Science
Scott H. Beeken Divisional Vice-President, Human Resources Great American Insurance Company; Director, Human Resources American Financial Group, Inc.	Jill Berger VP, Health and Welfare Plan Management and Design, Marriott International; Board member, The Leapfrog Group
Raymond J. Brusca, JD Vice President, Benefits The Black & Decker Corporation	William B. Bunn, MD, JD, MPH Professor, Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Vice President, Health, Safety, Security & Productivity International Truck & Engine Corporation
Jeff Cava Executive Vice President, Human Resources Wendy's International	Michael Critelli Chairman and CEO Pitney Bowes Inc.
James Dwyer Vice President, Global Benefits American Express	A. Mark Fendrick, MD Professor, Internal Medicine and Health Management & Policy University of Michigan
Harvey Fineberg, MD, PhD President, Institute of Medicine	Milton Friedman, PhD Senior Research Fellow Hoover Institution Stanford University & Recipient of the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Science
Harold (Hank) Gardner, MD Founder and President, Human Capital Management Services; Chairman, Health as Human Capital Foundation	Newt Gingrich Former Speaker of the House Founder The Center for Health Transformation
James (Jim) H. Goodnight, Ph.D CEO, SAS; Listed in Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For" for all 10 years the ranking has existed	Benjamin H. Hoffman, MD, MPH Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Waste Management, Inc.
Andrew Mekelburg Vice President, Federal Government Relations Verizon Communications	Jack Mollen Senior Vice President Human Resources EMC Director HR Policy Association
David Nabarro, MD Senior Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza United Nations	Lisa Talamini, RD Vice President, Research and Program Innovation Jenny Craig
Dan C. Ustian Chairman, President & CEO Navistar International Corporation	Sally S. Welborn Senior Vice President - Corporate Benefits Wells Fargo & Company
Marcy Zauha Director of Health & Safety Union Pacific